1983 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

The 9th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best filmmaking of 1983, were announced on 17 December 1983.

Winners

• Best Picture:
  • Terms of Endearment
  • Runner-up: Tender Mercies
• Best Director:
  • James L. Brooks – Terms of Endearment
  • Runner-up: Bruce Beresford – Tender Mercies
• Best Actor:
  • Robert Duvall – Tender Mercies
  • Runner-up: Tom Conti – Reuben, Reuben
• Best Actress:
  • Shirley MacLaine – Terms of Endearment
  • Runner-up: Jane Alexander – Testament
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Jack Nicholson – Terms of Endearment
  • Runner-up: John Lithgow – Terms of Endearment and Twilight Zone: The Movie
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Linda Hunt – The Year of Living Dangerously
  • Runner-up: Cher – Silkwood
• Best Screenplay:
  • James L. Brooks – Terms of Endearment
  • Runner-up: Lawrence Kasdan and Barbara Benedek – The Big Chill
• Best Cinematography:
  • Sven Nykvist – Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander)
  • Runner-up: Hiro Narita – Never Cry Wolf
• Best Music Score:
  • Philip Glass – Koyaanisqatsi
  • Runner-up: Billy Goldenberg – Reuben, Reuben
• Best Foreign Film:
  • Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander) • Sweden/France/West Germany
• Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award:
  • Michael Snow – So Is This
• New Generation Award:
  • Sean Penn
• Career Achievement Award:
  • Myrna Loy
• Special Citation:
  • Restored versions of A Star Is Born and The Leopard

External links

• 9th Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

References

• 'TERMS' IS LEADER IN CRITICS' VOTING
• Terms' Endears Itself To Critics
• http://oscarsijmen.freehostia.com/LAFCA80.htm